And one officer was actually found unconscious. This is according to the Baltimore Police department. All are now receiving treatment. We have seen the crowds looting stores. And that is what wolf was just talking about, that cvs was looted. You can see people running in and completely emptying that store, breaking the windows, destroying it. A Check Cashing store also looted a liquor store. Once this looting started, there was very little if any Police Presence actually seen at any of those locations. Its a stark contrast when the riot first broke out this afternoon when heavily armed Police Clashed with protesters on the streets. There was fighting going on. Handtohand combat, if you will, multiple arrests. Maryland state police are ordering an additional 40 state troopers to baltimore tonight as darkness falls. Our than jones was reporting right by a high school. A lot of students walked out this afternoon, reportedly to join rioter throwing rocks at police and reporters. A large nu
captain eric kowalczyk. we ll bring it to you live. in the meantime i want to go straight to dave clinger, former los angeles police officer along with l.z. granderson our commentator. let me get your reaction to this sort of. david, first of all, from the police side of things, there are seven injured police. it s been horrible what has happened to police today there is no denying that. when you did see the rioting, though and the looting at several of these stores, there didn t seem to be any sort of police presence in any of the footage that we have or that reporters saw. why would police have withdrawn? unfortunately, i think an awful lot of police commanders around the country lack the intestinal fortitude to step up and do the right thing. and that is because the people above them, the mayor, the governor so on and so forth will not step into the breach and support them. so they re caught in limbo. and they don t feel as if they can do the appropriate thing in terms of command